Dorie Rogers, CFLS

I learned of Dawn Gray’s retirement in the same way that often I learn about what my fellow lawyers are doing: from Facebook. What started a...

Jillian Duggan Herd

Our high-level seminars always inspire a whole host of changes attorneys should make to bring their level of practice to the next level. We...

Nancie Yomtov

There are two situations where service is required: a. Service of process, (summons), to provide the court with personal jurisdiction, and,...

Ronald S. Granberg, CFLS

1. Property Acquisition Forms Except as otherwise provided by statute, all property acquired by a California domiciliary during marriage is...

David Korsunsky

Prior to Haley v. Antunovich,1 caselaw was silent on whether a child support recipient could be ordered by the court to seek work. Family Co...

Michele Brown, CFLS

It’s hard to believe that I am closing in on the end of my two-year term as President of ACFLS. It has been a truly remarkable experience an...

Christopher Melcher, CFLS

Courts play an important role in ensuring that unconscionable agreements are not enforced, but they cannot change the rules to fit the desir...

Nathan Gabbard

Dear Reader, Once again, we are pleased to provide a variety of interesting topics for your reading enjoyment. This issue is filled to the b...

Dawn Gray

In re the Marriage of Veronica and Curtis Priem (2013) 214 Cal.App.4th 505, 153 Cal.Rptr.3d 842 Holding: Substantial evidence supported the...

Mark E. Sullivan

What happens with military pensions in a divorce? To illustrate the answer, imagine receiving a call from a colleague desperately seeking he...

Ronald S. Granberg, CFLS

You are familiar with the “Stepped-Up Basis Rule”: an inherited asset receives a basis that has been increased to the asset’s fair market va...

Michele Brown, CFLS

Compassion. Kindness. Patience. Honesty. These are the virtues we have been taught from the time we were wee children in our parent’s home....

Nathan Gabbard

Dear Reader, It is with great pleasure we share the thoughtful works of our wonderful authors in this first issue of 2022. As the familiar a...

David Shebby

Few provisions of the Evidence Code are more habitually cited by family law practitioners than Evidence Code section 622. This section is ro...

Naghmeh Bashar

So long and farewell… As my three-year term comes to an end, I thank each and every one of our authors for providing us with thought-provok...